Reva M. Fish, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, presented her research, “The Relationship between Education Intensity and the Academic Benefits of Attending Preschool,” at the Northeastern Educational Research Association’s 40th annual conference in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, October 21–23.
Roger Firestien, lecturer, International Center for Studies in Creativity, was featured in the article “Brainstorming Solo,” which appeared in the September-October issue of Self-Employed magazine.
Sue Baldwin, assistant professor, Health and Wellness, served as an independent program evaluator for the Student Health Force-Chicago program, sponsored by InnerLink Inc. The program was offered to Chicago Public School students during the summer to enhance health literacy, job skills, and leadership. Students were paid with workforce development dollars to attend an eight-week training and then were hired to teach health lessons in afterschool programs as well as to assist elementary teachers in teaching health lessons during the school year.
William Wieczorek, director, Center for Health and Social Research, and Melissa Rowland of the WNY Council on Occupational Safety and Health, with coauthors Karl Wende, Center for Health and Social Research, andChaitali Ghosh, assistant professor, Mathematics, presented a session titled “Designing and Measuring SPH Success Using Case Studies in Long-Term Care and Acute Care” at the New York State Department of Labor/NYS Zero Lift Task Force Safe Patient Handling Conference in Niagara Falls, New York, on October 28.
William Wieczorek, director, Center for Health and Social Research, presented “Using GIS for Planning Mental Health Services” on October 23 as part of the University at Buffalo’s Department of Geography Fall 2009 Colloquium Series.
James J. Sobol and Scott W. Phillips, assistant professors, Criminal Justice, presented preliminary results from their study, “Examining Police Officer Attitudes about the Use of Unnecessary Force: The Influence of Race and Gender,” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4–7.
Ramona R. Santa Maria, assistant professor, Computer Information Systems, presented a paper, “Hybrid Technologist: The New Shifts in Education Creates a New Industrial Laborer,” and served as a discussant at the 40th annual conference of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), held in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, October 21–23.
Lisa Rafferty and Shannon Budin, assistant professors, Exceptional Education, presented a poster session titled “From Presentation to Manuscript: Writing for the NYS Council for Exceptional Education Journal” at the 56th annual convention of the New York State Council for Exceptional Children, held in Niagara Falls, New York, on October 23 and 24.
Lisa A. Rafferty, assistant professor, Exceptional Education, presented “A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Self-Monitoring” at the 56th annual convention of the New York State Council for Exceptional Children, held in Niagara Falls, New York, October 23 and 24.
Jean F. Gounard, director, International Student Affairs, spoke on “The Francophone World and American Higher Education Today” at the annual meeting of the Western New York Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French at Buffalo State on November 4.